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Vietnam's HCM City seeks more skilled workers

Xinhua, May 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has 25,000 positions to be filled in June, 35 percent of which require manual laborers and 65 percent skilled workers with training at vocational schools, colleges or universities, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Friday.

The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Human Resource Forecast and Labor Information said most jobs needing trained workers are in the fields of information technology, electronics, electricity, food technology, textile, garment, construction and services.

In May, the center conducted a survey of 1,852 enterprises, which showed a need for more than 7,100 employees. Trained workers made up 70 percent of recruitment needs, an increase of 20 percent against April. Many positions require fluency in English, Korean or Japanese, as well as professional knowledge and skills.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community, which will be established by the end of this year, will speed the growth of many fields in Vietnam, including textile and garment.

Nearly 20,500 employees will be needed each year after 2015. However, only 11 educational establishments offer textile studies. Each year, nearly 1,900 students receive training, of whom, only 200 graduate from universities, said Tran Anh Tuan, the center's vice director. Endi